Zpacks Duplex First Impressions

Abbie Barnes | Spend More Time In The WILD

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The ZPacks Duplex is a much loved ultralight backpacking tent used a lot on multi-day thruhikes. It is an ideal tent for people looking to strip back their baseweight on adventures, whether bikepacking, back packing or anything else. In this video I dig into the tent, sharing my first impressions regarding the usability and pros and cons.
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14 окт 2024

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@domo3552 2 месяца назад

Great review Abbie. IfI were doing the PCT or similar, I think I'd go for one of these.

@daveexplore3856 4 месяца назад

" my porch, my life " Love it Abbie. xoxoxo😎👌

@ShanOutdoors 4 месяца назад

It’s a really great tent. Taken it to Scotland twice now and it’s held up wonderfully and condensation was minimal.

@dcaudwell 4 месяца назад

I've had a Duplex for 7 years and have found it ideal in most 3 season conditions. What's more, my aging back thanks me for 10-12 hours of hiking every day that I'm not carrying a "bomber", 4 season, 2 kg tent that's 100% not necessary for most of my escapades. I don't find condensation to be a big deal - I always carry a wash cloth/pack towel/Lightload towel to quickly wipe away condensation before packing up the tent. If it's raining then I can still fold and roll the tent to keep the inner dry. If I have a dry break in the day then I can fully dry out the tent in a few minutes in the wind and/or sun. If you lose a trekking pole you can use a branch as a tent pole! As regards pitching and pegs: I've pitched it with no pegs at all when necessary, using the "Big Rock/Little Rock" method. This method works fine, opening up alpine or sandy or other possibilities where pegs may not be usable.

@AbbieBarnesWILD 4 месяца назад

Thanks for these super helpful comments! Appreciate your insight :)

@frankprince-iles8123 4 месяца назад

Thanks for that - very informative. Bear in mind that if you are ordering from the USA, there is 20% VAT to be added and 12% import duty! Which bumps the price up quite a bit.

@JP-lk2qs 4 месяца назад

Looks reliable!worth considering 👍🏻

@GarethWorthington 11 дней назад

Avoid - even though hardly used and undamaged, my duplex leaks through a dozen or so invisible holes in the DCF. Because I'm a dry weather hiker, I didn't discover this until after the warranty period expired. zPacks response was "our tents have a limited life, here's some repair tape". So now I have a non-waterproof tent with repair patches all over it.

@dodge_walks 4 месяца назад

I'm still not sold on single wall tents. I get enough condensation problems in a more traditional double walled tent that has a fair bit of mesh on it. Plus being 6'5 not touching the edge of a single skin tent and getting condensation transferring to my bag is a real concern. I can fully understand if you are completely sold on the ultralight experience but for me there are too many compromises. That said I think this was a great video with pro's and con's fairly presented. Plus All Hail Duct tape! Fixer of all things!

@lifespyjackson6292 2 месяца назад

As a first over night camp and walk what would you say is the best for a first timer.... ????? I do a good deal of all day walking and am thinking of going for longer IE day or two. Thanks Mark

@Daytona2 4 месяца назад

Interesting to see, thanks Abbie. The cost of the DCF is about $100. (Wholesale, DCF costs about $7.50 per square yard)

@danidaskam1027 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the information.

@GaryDavidson-m4z 4 месяца назад

I have seen videos of inflatable tents(just family size one s)but I don't know if you can get 1 person ones should there be?

@evacoutdoors5867 4 месяца назад

Could not live with a door that drops on the floor. Tarptent Double Rainbow Li is the one ❤

@Jessica_PMHNP 2 месяца назад

Can someone tell me if this has UV protection?

@davidsykes5635 4 месяца назад

Abbie, can you clarify what you mean by ‘ I will say I do work with Zpacks’ ?

@AbbieBarnesWILD 4 месяца назад

Sure! So they sent me this tent for free to try out and do whatever I want with, and I have talked with them about creating a discount code for my RU-vid fans to use to get money off. That is where we are up to at the moment :)

@cawoodsob 4 месяца назад

So Enan or Duplex if you could only have one!?

@AbbieBarnesWILD 4 месяца назад

Enan, but depends where you are going!

@cawoodsob 4 месяца назад

@@AbbieBarnesWILD yep interesting Abbie - I recently posted a comment on someone’s ‘tent comparison review’ I have a couple of HB & TN tents and a Tarp Tent Stratosphire (apologies if spelling is wrong) - so 5! in total not counting the tarp set-up, which frankly pile in right behind my ‘first choice’ and stated: if I could only keep one tent it would be the TN Laser Compact AS2! So a similar thought process to yours… as you say: it’s dependent on use type as no one tent is perfect but I am consolidating on the ‘single hoop’ tent approach as the best compromise….

@RichardShortland-Neal 4 месяца назад

As much as I love tents like the Duplex they are way out of my price range just like a lot of people.

@Winner8501 Месяц назад

$699 for what is essentially a big plastic bag with some loops and ropes attached to it seems a bit excessive, to be honest. Especially if you get basically the same functionality from tents like Lanshan 1 for one quarter the price. I really don't know what you're paying the extra for.